>And the site's administrators now warn that users who leak Nextdoor posts to reporters could be kicked off the site.
...and what's preventing the reporters from creating new accounts? journalistic integrity? threat of lawsuit (not sure what standing they have)? also, how do they track down who the source is?
I'm sure you can convince someone to "lend" their address to you for some $$ so you could create some accounts. Plus if you maintain good opsec with those accounts + compare the posts between the two accounts (to make sure there aren't any "watermarks" in the posts), it would be impossible for them to catch you.
You'd have to find a pretty stupid home owner to agree to let a stranger mail stuff to their address...you know mailing contraband and all that.
Better idea is to find a home for sale without a tenant and claim that as your address and hound the mailbox for the next few days.
I also don't think Nextdoor carss about duplicate accounts. I kept my account from my old neighborhood and created a new one for my current home using another email address. I don't try to hide it... Same name, I address etc.
...and what's preventing the reporters from creating new accounts? journalistic integrity? threat of lawsuit (not sure what standing they have)? also, how do they track down who the source is?